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Salem Spartans
File:Salem Spartans logo.png
Nickname(s)Namma Spartans
LeagueTamil Nadu Premier League
Personnel
CaptainMurugan Ashwin
CoachRamaswamy Prasanna
OwnerSelva Kumar M
Team information
CitySalem, Tamil Nadu
Colors
Founded2020
Home groundSalem Cricket Foundation Stadium
History
TNPL wins2016
Official websitenammaspartans.sport.blog

Salem Spartans, is a cricket team representing Salem district in the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association T20 League tournament, Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). The team is owned by Vivo Chennai south distributor Selvakumar M.[1][2]

Salem Spartans is the costliest team in TNPL with 5.21 crore (US$620,000) of brand value. This is the highest brand in TNPL.[3][4]

Team history

In 2019 two of the franchises Albert Tuti Patriots & Siechem Madurai Panthers were accused of match fixing which led to removal of co-owners of a franchise. So in 2020 the team Tuti Patriots was renamed as Salem Spartans [5] due to the change of ownership from Thoothukodi sports and private entertainment LTD to M.Selvakumar ( VIVO South Chennai distributor).[6][7]

Team identity

Strip

The team play in a jersey that grades from yellow through orange to red. The strip's trousers are black.

Team Jersey

Anthem and tagline

The team's anthem song is starting with the term Vanakkam Da Mapla (Tamil: வணக்கம் டா மாப்ள சேலத்தில இருந்து). The lyrics were also written by people from the areas around Salem City. The team hashtag is #VanakkamDaMapla, which is used in the anthem.

The term Spartans refers to the people who are always simple, it means the people's from Salem is always simple. Logo of the franchise Salem Spartans is also designed like a simple men take efforts to defend him from predators . Like wise the franchise is also simple but it will take much more efforts to defend the team from opponents and for the victory.

Current squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Players with state caps are listed in italic.
Name Batting style Bowling style Signed year Experience Notes
Batsmen
Abishek S Right-handed Right-arm 2020 District
Jafar Jamal Right-handed Right arm 2022 State
All-rounders
Washington Sundhar Legt-handed Right-arm 2020 International
Vijay Shankar Right-handed Right-arm 2020 International
Murugan Ashwin Right-handed Right-arm 2020 State
Daryl Ferrario Right-handed Right arm 2020 State Captain[8]
R Karthikeyan Right-handed Right arm 2021 District
Jeet S Jain Right-handed Right-arm 2022 District
Pranesh B Right-handed Right-arm 2020 District
Lokesh Raj TD Right-handed Right arm 2020 District
Kishoor G Right-handed Right arm 2021 District
Karthikeyan R Left-handed Left arm 2021 District
Boopalan S Left-handed Left arm 2020 District
Akshay V Srinivasan Right-handed Right arm 2020 District
Praanesh B Left-handed Right arm 2022 District
Wicket-keepers
Gopinath KH Right-handed Right-arm 2020 State Vice Captain
Kavin R Right-handed Right-arm 2022 District
Ganesh S Right - handed Right - arm 2022 District
Dinesh Veda Guru M Right-handed Right arm 2021 District
Bowlers
Ganeshan Periyasamy Right-handed Right-arm 2020 State
Rishi R Right - handed Right - arm 2022 District
Ganesh Moorthi Left-handed Left-arm 2020 District
Source:SS Players

Support staff

Position Name
Head coach Ramaswamy Prasanna
Assistant coach Sai Rupesh
Fielding coach Shyam Sundhar
Porselvan
Trainer RD Ashwin Kumar
Vimal Chandrasekharn
Team manager R Krishna
Physio Perooru Rupesh
Vaira Sudharshan
Video Analyst KC Ramasubramaniyam
Management staff Murugesh
Asst. Staff Ragul Raj
Media Dhanesh
Source:SS staffs [9]

Statistics

TNPL summary of results :[10]
Year Played Wins Losses NR Points NRR Position
2016 7 4 3 0 8 +0.414 3/8
2017 7 7 0 0 14 +1.845 1/8
2018 7 4 3 0 8 +0.432 5/8
2019 7 2 5 0 4 -1.151 6/8
2020 Season is Suspended due to COVID pandemic
2021 7 2 4 1 5 -0.730 7/8
2022 7 1 6 0 2 −1.192 8/8
Total 42 20 21 1 - - -

[11]

Seasons

Salem Spartans is playing their inaugural season in 2021 .


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ResultLLLLLLW
Position8888888
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
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ResultNRWLLLLW
Position1148887
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Sponsors and kit manufacturers

Principal Sponsor Associate Sponsors
Sky Exchange
  • Vision 11
  • Freyer International
  • Taj 777 News
  • AVR Pay News
  • Jones Infrastructure
  • Sumangali Homes
  • Envission
  • Sportus
Source :[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Thoothukudi dubbed the TUTI Patriots". The Bindu. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2020..
  2. ^ "TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ Sportstar, Team. "TNPL Players Draft 2020: Mukund goes to Tamizhans, Spartans picks Vijay Shankar". Sportstar. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans steal show with top picks in Season 5 draft".
  5. ^ "TNPL 2021: Salem Spartans Players, Captain, Owner, Playing Squad, Time Table". 9 July 2021.
  6. ^ Santlani, Amrit (21 February 2020). "TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans Rope In Vijay Shankar; Tiruppur Tamizhans Sign Abhinav Mukund". Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Vijay Shankar roped in by Salem Spartans in TNPL draft | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ^ "TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Support staffs". நம்ம Spartans. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  10. ^ admin. "Standings". Tamil Nadu Premier League. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Standings – Tamil Nadu Premier League". Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  12. ^ "நம்ம Spartans". நம்ம Spartans. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  13. ^ "TNPL 2021 To Start On July 19; All Games To Be Played In Chennai". isports247.net. Retrieved 2 September 2021.